Arroyo

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Arroyo is a Spanish word that refers to a number of things:

• An arroyo is an intermittently dry creek

[edit] People

Arts:

• José Arroyo, an American comedy writer
• Arroyo is a 4 piece rock band from Portland, Oregon. arroyo website
• Miss Arroyo, the pseudonym of the porn star who contracted HIV from fellow porn star Darren James

Politics:

• Carmen E. Arroyo was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic woman elected to the New York State Assembly
• PFC Domingo Arroyo Jr. was the first United States soldier to be killed in "Operation Restore Hope" during the Somalian Civil War
• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, president of the Philippines

Sports:

• Bronson Arroyo is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds
• Carlos Arroyo, an NBA basketball player

[edit] Places

• Arroyo is a municipality in Puerto Rico
• Arroyomolinos de León is a town and municipality in the province of Huelva, Spain.
• Arroyo Grande is a city located in San Luis Obispo County, California
• Arroyo Gardens-La Tina Ranch is a census-designated place located in Cameron County, Texas
• Arroyo Seco is a creek and drainage channel in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.
• Arroyo Hondo is the name of several rivers or seasonal streams
  • Arroyo Hondo (Santa Clara County, California), a stream in Santa Clara County, California
  • Arroyo Hondo (Kings County, California), a stream in Kings County, California
  • Arroyo Hondo (Fresno County, California), a stream in Fresno County, California
  • Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, a town or several streams in New Mexico
  • Arroyo Hondo, Arizona, a dry creek in Arizona
• Arroyo, a fictional village in Fallout II
• Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City is the world's largest Mexican restaurant

[edit] Other

• Arroyo is sometimes used as a phonetic descriptor of the call of the Canaan Dog
• Arroyo Video Solutions, a company based in Pleasanton, California